# aficionado
## English
### Alternative forms

* afficionado

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aficionado (“fan, amateur”), past participle of aficionar (“to inspire fondness in someone, to get someone interested in something”). Doublet of affectionate.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˌfɪʃ.(j)əˈnɑː.dəʊ/, /əˌfɪʃ.i.əˈnɑː.dəʊ/, /əˌfɪs.jəˈnɑː.dəʊ/, /æˌfɪʃ.jɒˈnɑː.dəʊ/, (imitating Castilian Spanish) /æ.fiː.θjəʊˈnɑːðəʊ/, /ə.fiː.θjəˈnɑːðəʊ/
* (General American) IPA: /əˌfɪʃ.(j)əˈnɑ.doʊ/, /əˌfɪʃ.i.əˈnɑ.doʊ/, /əˌfi.ʃ(i).əˈnɑ.doʊ/, /əˌfɪs.jəˈnɑ.doʊ/, /əˌfɪs.i.əˈnɑ.doʊ/, /əˌfi.si.əˈnɑ.doʊ/, (imitating Castilian Spanish) /ɑˌfi.θjɔˈnɑ.ðɔ/, (imitating Latin American Spanish) /ɑˌfi.sjɔˈnɑ.ðɔ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

aficionado (plural aficionados or aficionadoes or (rare, hypercorrect) aficionadi)
* (obsolete) An amateur bullfighter. [19th c.]
* A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee. [from 19th c.]
    Synonyms: admirer, buff, connoisseur, enthusiast, expert, fan, follower, lover, maven; see also Thesaurus:fan
    Coordinate terms: buff, -phile
** 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page ix:To the "closet" taxonomist and aficionado of nomenclatural exercises, such emphasis may seem an intrusion.
** 2020 August 26, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against future flooding”, in Rail, page 58:A journey along the Conwy Valley line is one to savour for aficionados of scenic railways.

#### Derived terms

* nonaficionado

#### Related terms

* aficionada

### References

* ↑ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
* ↑ “aficionado”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* ↑ “aficionado”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
* ↑ “aficionado”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
* ↑ “aficionado”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
* ↑ “aficionado”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* ↑ “aficionado”, in Collins English Dictionary.
* ↑ “aficionado” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.

## French
### Alternative forms

* afficionado

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aficionado. Doublet of affectionné.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

aficionado m (plural aficionados)
* aficionado (all senses)

### Further reading

* “aficionado”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish aficionado. Doublet of affezionato.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.fi.sjoˈna.do/
* Rhymes: -ado
* Hyphenation: a‧fi‧cio‧nà‧do

### Noun

aficionado m (plural aficionados)
* fan, supporter
    Synonyms: sostenitore, tifoso
* (loosely) regular, habitué
    Synonym: habitué

### Further reading

* aficionado in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French aficionado.

### Noun

aficionado m (uncountable)
* aficionado (all senses)

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Past participle of aficionar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /afiθjoˈnado/ [a.fi.θjoˈna.ð̞o]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /afisjoˈnado/ [a.fi.sjoˈna.ð̞o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ado
* Syllabification: a‧fi‧cio‧na‧do

### Adjective

aficionado (feminine aficionada, masculine plural aficionados, feminine plural aficionadas)
* fond
* amateur
    Synonym: diletante

### Noun

aficionado m (plural aficionados, feminine aficionada, feminine plural aficionadas)
* fan, supporter (person who likes and supports a sports team or an athlete very much)
    Synonyms: fan, (Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay) hincha, seguidor
    Él es un aficionado del Real Madrid.He is a fan of Real Madrid.
* fan, hobbyist (person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby)
    Soy un gran aficionado al béisbol.I'm a big baseball fan.
* amateur, aficionado
    Synonyms: amateur, diletante
    No vendo mis cuadros; soy una pintora aficionada.I don't sell my paintings; I'm just an amateur painter.

#### Derived terms

* videoaficionado

#### Descendants

* → English: aficionado
* → French: aficionado

### Participle

aficionado (feminine aficionada, masculine plural aficionados, feminine plural aficionadas)
* past participle of aficionar

### Further reading

* “aficionado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10